Stream: social
Topic: Wall Street Journal on US system
Dave deBronkart (Jan 18 2019 at 16:46):
Of some relevance to why FHIR is important and disruptive because it puts some power in the consumer's hands:
Well known hospital consultant Vince Kuraitis blogged today about a new Wall Street Journal article on how hospitals try to dominate where their doctors send patients for referrals. (WSJ has a lot of surprisingly good coverage of health issues.)
Vince is a good guy but by the nature of his work he's usually aligned with the interests of executives, not the public.
I wrote a comment in response to the post that points out how a large part of the problem is the lack of interop, which causes the #1 problem docs reported - the need for care coordination, which is impeded by lack of portability. I cited FHIR as a game-changer on patient power.
http://e-caremanagement.com/wsj-article-md-referrals-leakage/#comment-2445
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